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‘Sex, Lies, and Videotape’ at 35: Steven Soderbergh Remembers Helping Put Sundance on the Map Ahead of His New Horror Film ‘Presence’
Soderbergh's debut rocketed him to fame, but he isn't interested in helming a follow-up or an "Ocean's" sequel, now returning to Sundance with the horror movie "Presence."
On a January day in 1989, Steven Soderbergh, a novice filmmaker whose previous gigs included holding cue cards on variety shows and directing a concert film for the rock group Yes, made his way to the front of a makeshift theater in Park City, Utah. The Soderbergh who sits in front of me in his cluttered Tribeca office nearly 35 years later is an Oscar-winning veteran responsible for classics like “Traffic” and “Erin Brockovich.” His bald head is a far cry from the Barton Fink-like eruption of curls he sported in those “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” days, but he still has the same youthful desire to push the boundaries of moviemaking. Graham, an observer who sees the world through a camera lens, has the most obvious connection to the filmmaker, but Soderbergh related to the pure id that John embodies, as well as Cynthia’s impulsiveness and Ann’s bafflement over the amount of real estate sex commands in people’s minds.
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